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아/야: Vocative Particle
2026-01-11
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Example Sentences#

  1. “라사로야, 오늘은 너와 이 포도를 똑같이 나누어 먹고 싶구나.1
    “Lazaro, today I want to share these grapes evenly with you.
    • 라사로 is the Korean transcription of ‘Lazaro,’ a proper noun.
    • is a vocative particle used to call someone’s name in informal speech, similar to ‘Hey’ or just addressing someone directly.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Lazaro And The Blind Man.

아/야: Vocative Particle
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/아-야-vocative-particle/
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Korean Story Lab
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2026-01-11
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